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or the healthcare system. in fact, this is a problem that goes way beyond the healthcare system to encompass a broad range of potentially other factors as well. >> bill: so lots, lots to get into here on this health report with dr. ana diez-roux. michael tomasky is joining us in the next hour as a "friend of bill." team press is here. peter ogborn, dan henning. phil backert on phones. cyprian boldting has got the cameras. we'll get right into the health issue. but first... >> this is the "full court press." >> quick check of other headlines making news. ben affleck did not get best director nomination for the upcoming oscars but that took a backseat last night when he won big at the critics choice award winning best director for "argo" and the movie won best picture overall. others included daniel day-lewis for lincoln. jessica chastain for "zero dark thirty" and "django unchained" winning screenplay. bradley cooper and jennifer lawrence won for "silver lining playbook." >> bill: it is getting a lot of awards.
or the healthcare system. in fact, this is a problem that goes way beyond the healthcare system to encompass a broad range of potentially other factors as well. >> bill: so lots, lots to get into here on this health report with dr. ana diez-roux. michael tomasky is joining us in the next hour as a "friend of bill." team press is here. peter ogborn, dan henning. phil backert on phones. cyprian boldting has got the cameras. we'll get right into the health issue. but first......
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when you think about the comic recovery, you are looking at healthcare jobs and growth in the healthcare industry fueling our comic growth. i think that has been great. you can think of it as like a stimulus program in the short-term. >> but it's ending? >> but it's ending and, you know, it is creating a lot of costs that have made it difficult for other parts of our economy to succeed. >> part of the article, we have usually seen healthcare employment, bedside care. my mom is a nurse. so i get it. you know pharmacist that is the under belly, stitches holding together the middle class. with the affordable care act going into place and the changing and funding models and the insurance companies, this stitching cog go away and the belly of the middle class could fall out. >> it's a little bit hard to know when you talk to people planning ahead, they don't know what's going to happen. if you look now at where the healthcare jobs are, they are really across the spectrum. so, you know, there are high-paid doctors and executives. if you think about people who work in a hospital. >> doctors? >>
when you think about the comic recovery, you are looking at healthcare jobs and growth in the healthcare industry fueling our comic growth. i think that has been great. you can think of it as like a stimulus program in the short-term. >> but it's ending? >> but it's ending and, you know, it is creating a lot of costs that have made it difficult for other parts of our economy to succeed. >> part of the article, we have usually seen healthcare employment, bedside care. my mom is...
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scott brown was largely a creation of the healthcare bill. gomez doesn't -- hasn't done some of the thioamides in washington that the democrats have offered up like the doj. guames hasn't been able to capitalize on those. gomez, i think to add to that point, the fact that there is correlation between the relationship the president has such a high favorability rating in boston as to why the gomez hasn't went in more full throttle in attacking the president's nsa? >> absolutely. gomez is more likely to say probably or put out a statement that it almost embracing the president. we had a congressional race here john john. ierney who i couldn't find anybody. i thought he was going to be back, the former senate minority leader moderate republican and turney won by 6 or 7 points. >> for someone who knows boston politics what type of senator will he happen to be? i don't think he's sort of the rock star profile that elizabeth warren has. he hasn't accrued the celebrity elizabeth warren accrued. he struggled to say where he would depart from the democ
scott brown was largely a creation of the healthcare bill. gomez doesn't -- hasn't done some of the thioamides in washington that the democrats have offered up like the doj. guames hasn't been able to capitalize on those. gomez, i think to add to that point, the fact that there is correlation between the relationship the president has such a high favorability rating in boston as to why the gomez hasn't went in more full throttle in attacking the president's nsa? >> absolutely. gomez is...
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the whole healthcare reform town hall hysteria. four years later early into the second term, that enthusiasm is gone. the viewers are increasingly indifferent to fox news and i think, you know, a portion of them felt duped. they were told for four years you know, the country was suffering buyer's remorse you know. obama was a historic monster anti-capitalist, socialist racist. they had to sit there on election night and watch him not only win but win an electoral route. all of that is tied into dick morris' exit. he became a laughingstock not only in the mainstream but also within conservative circles and so he had a run -- something like 15, 18 years. >> bill: 15 years. >> it came to an end. >> bill: and was wrong about anything. he was wrong about scott brown. he said republicans will pick up ten seats. so last night he shows up, the day after the news comes in and shows up on piers morgan on cnn. here's his lame excuse for what happened eric. >> well, i had a wonderful talk with roger ailes who i really respect, a week ago. he s
the whole healthcare reform town hall hysteria. four years later early into the second term, that enthusiasm is gone. the viewers are increasingly indifferent to fox news and i think, you know, a portion of them felt duped. they were told for four years you know, the country was suffering buyer's remorse you know. obama was a historic monster anti-capitalist, socialist racist. they had to sit there on election night and watch him not only win but win an electoral route. all of that is tied into...
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healthcare. 26-year-olds and under don't get to stay on their parent's healthcare. people with pre-existing conditions get bounced off of their insurance. that's what they want for the country. some part of me wants to say -- don't have it. it would hurt too many people. >> bill: the president was strong on that. i was there at the news conference when he said so denying 30 million people the opportunity to buy health insurance which they've never been able to buy before for various reasons at premiums they've never seen before because they were the lowest ever, that is the goal of a republican party. the people are making it their goal to either repeal, defund or you know, shut down the program. insane. >> they have no other plan. they have no positive agenda whatsoever. >> bill: does the president blink when it comes to the threat and if republicans carry through with this? >> i don't think there is any reason to blink. there is no margin in it. as far as he's concerned, he stands up, stays str
healthcare. 26-year-olds and under don't get to stay on their parent's healthcare. people with pre-existing conditions get bounced off of their insurance. that's what they want for the country. some part of me wants to say -- don't have it. it would hurt too many people. >> bill: the president was strong on that. i was there at the news conference when he said so denying 30 million people the opportunity to buy health insurance which they've never been able to buy before for various...
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but on this issue we talk about california based healthcare company, not sure which one. doesn't identify it. it began notifying its patients and employees ba they better be careful because the company's billing center was burglarized including names, dates of birth and social security numbers were stolen. boy, that's a recipe right there for identity theft. you have to be protected against it. i am with what's called lifelock ultimate, the most comprehensive id theft protection ever may. covers your bank accounts but lifelock can't protect you or your bank account if you are not a member. call and mention risk60. if you are not happy call lifelock again within 60 days and cancel. you get a full refund. >> see lifelock.com foredetails and give them a call at 1800-356-5967 for lifelock ultimate. 1-800-356-5967. >> in the state of maryland there is pending legislation to allow doctors and numbers to dispense medicinal marijuana it, the latest state to jump on board. last year the governor martin o'malley said he would veto any of that legislation. on friday, he said his adm
but on this issue we talk about california based healthcare company, not sure which one. doesn't identify it. it began notifying its patients and employees ba they better be careful because the company's billing center was burglarized including names, dates of birth and social security numbers were stolen. boy, that's a recipe right there for identity theft. you have to be protected against it. i am with what's called lifelock ultimate, the most comprehensive id theft protection ever may....
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so should have healthcare, assault weapons ban jobs bill, the list goes on and on. mr. john john on twitter says what's the point of the democrats helping the lowlife republicans gain hispanic votes? you can find us on twitter at bpshow. >> bill: so immigration reform sabrina has really taken over. has it pushed gun control off the table or just on the back burner? >> i don't think either. he's setting the tone that this needs to continue. what people are calling a gun show tour of sorts where he's going around and keeping the momentum going. president obama, too is going to reengage. he will continue to talk about it. >> bill: he did yesterday at the white house. >> he will continue to talk about it publicly in speeches and forums. he will bring it up, perhaps even in the state of the union and though not exclusively by referencing guns he even, during inauguration, brought up newtown and keeping children safe. there is a tone being set that keeps pressure that wasn't there before. and you have, of course, a lot of senators who have introduced various proposals to ban
so should have healthcare, assault weapons ban jobs bill, the list goes on and on. mr. john john on twitter says what's the point of the democrats helping the lowlife republicans gain hispanic votes? you can find us on twitter at bpshow. >> bill: so immigration reform sabrina has really taken over. has it pushed gun control off the table or just on the back burner? >> i don't think either. he's setting the tone that this needs to continue. what people are calling a gun show tour of...
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dave sterrett, healthcare counsel for public citizen on the line with us. dave, i've always been a single payer guy, 100%. i think it's the way to go. i have lived in -- i lived in switzerland for a couple of years. i've traveled a lot in france. i've taken advantage of single payer systems in other countries. but what do you say about the fact that when he started this conversation about healthcare policy, president obama took single payer off the table. so what do you think the chances are of getting this through congress, number one and number two, getting it signed by the president? >> well, it's not going to happen this session. it is fair to say that. but it's interesting. when you look at president obama's former statements as a senator, he said that single payer is what he wants to see and he thinks it is the best answer. but we know it is going to take some time. but that's why public citizen and congressman conyers and senator sanders are doing this rally in front of the capitol today to remind people that single payer covers everyone. it provide
dave sterrett, healthcare counsel for public citizen on the line with us. dave, i've always been a single payer guy, 100%. i think it's the way to go. i have lived in -- i lived in switzerland for a couple of years. i've traveled a lot in france. i've taken advantage of single payer systems in other countries. but what do you say about the fact that when he started this conversation about healthcare policy, president obama took single payer off the table. so what do you think the chances are of...
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americans still saying keep your hands off of my government healthcare. a new bowl from the kaiser foundition, robert wood foundation and harvard school of public health says 58% people don't want to see cuts to medicare: one harvard processor saying they will cut 8 to 10 cabinet positions before taking money out of medicare. when lawmakers started talking about specifics like raising the eligibility age or means testing said you can expectling backlash. as for the affordable care act, 55% of people say they want their sometime set up the exchanges a prior to this year. up to 133% of the poverty level to help people pale pay for health insurance. back after the break. stay with us stay with us. [ music ] >> it doesn't anymore real than this. >> current's award winning original series is back with an all-new episode straight from the headlines. in the minefield of the nation's gun control debate, this could be the most polarizing issue. >> anybody could claim "stand your ground" and they can get away with murder. >> only on current tv. the chill of pepperm
americans still saying keep your hands off of my government healthcare. a new bowl from the kaiser foundition, robert wood foundation and harvard school of public health says 58% people don't want to see cuts to medicare: one harvard processor saying they will cut 8 to 10 cabinet positions before taking money out of medicare. when lawmakers started talking about specifics like raising the eligibility age or means testing said you can expectling backlash. as for the affordable care act, 55% of...
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you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. this is "the bill press show." >> twenty-five minutes after the hour the full court press, this monday morning february 4th, back to your calls about gun violence in just a second. first, if you are looking at that paycheck at the end of the month and saying i don't have enough on this decide of that paycheck, looking to maybe get your supplement to your income, check out incomeathome.com, america's leading work-from-home business doing business in over 80 countries today. they've got it down. they know what they are doing. they can -- they do offer you and opportunity you can take advantage of no matter your major, education or experience. you can literally earn money on your own computer, from your own kitchen table 24-7. even while you sleep. so if yo
you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. this is "the bill press show." >> twenty-five minutes after the hour the full court press, this monday morning february 4th, back to your calls...
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>>in some ways it's akin too the us sort of outsourcing healthcare. (vo)every 90 seconds, an american family will declare bankruptcy due to medical debt. lisa long is determined not to be one of them. >>hey mom, i'm cleaning this place and i got one more to clean and i'll have enough money to come home, i'll have the rent. >>oh no problem then babe, i love you. >>i love you too. ok bye. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: good morning everybody, friends and neighbors. good to see you today. it is tuesday march 26th. welcome to the "full court press" here on current tv where we bring you the news of the day happening here in our nation's capital, around the country around the globe and take your calls and your comments. your calls welcome at 1-866-55-press. your comments welcome on twitter at bpshow and on facebook at facebook.com/billpressshow. join the conversation here about the news of the day and there is a lot of it. big day today at the supreme court. the first of two days hearing arguments on same-sex marriage. today, the justices will hear arguments fo
>>in some ways it's akin too the us sort of outsourcing healthcare. (vo)every 90 seconds, an american family will declare bankruptcy due to medical debt. lisa long is determined not to be one of them. >>hey mom, i'm cleaning this place and i got one more to clean and i'll have enough money to come home, i'll have the rent. >>oh no problem then babe, i love you. >>i love you too. ok bye. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: good morning everybody, friends and neighbors. good...
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i have a feeling most people have their own pretty good healthcare. >> those people do. >> they want to young people who are in good health to know that it is available and get on board. >> paula deen's sons broke their silence yesterday and defended their mom saying they have never heard her speak in a racist manner appearing on cnn. jamie and bobbie deen said their their -- the deposition about their mother was extortion. they say paula has apologized. they don't know what else she can do. >> bill: stand by your mama. the southern thing to do. >> they were contradicting what she said in her own deposition as if she had lied in her own deposition. they were saying she couldn't have said something like that. it was very weird. >> i for the first couple of days didn't read the actual deposition. then when you do, it is way worse than i thought. it is really, really bad. she, by the way was just on "the today show." >> she actually went on. she apologized. she said that she had used the word particularly after she had been robbed at gunpoint. she described the men who robbed her as n w
i have a feeling most people have their own pretty good healthcare. >> those people do. >> they want to young people who are in good health to know that it is available and get on board. >> paula deen's sons broke their silence yesterday and defended their mom saying they have never heard her speak in a racist manner appearing on cnn. jamie and bobbie deen said their their -- the deposition about their mother was extortion. they say paula has apologized. they don't know what...
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republicans thought the way to kill the healthcare reform was call it the obamacare. and how did that work out for them? >> i think it remains to be seen who is going to take the blame. because the white house really just started detailing exactly what the cuts would look like about a week ago so i feel like americans are just tuning in to what is this sequester thing, and what do the cuts mean to me. >> bill: but the only way to hit it off, right, is for congress to act. the president cannot unilaterally by executive action, right? congress has to act? >> right. right. right. >> bill: again, i come back to how do they blame the president? >> right. and then it becomes is it something where all of congress is blamed? does one party take the blame? it is house republicans? all republicans? all democrats? i think that still remains to be seen and that's why you are seeing such serious messaging leading up to march 1st, because although both sides want a solution, but they don't want to take the blame for this. >> bill: and they ain't in town. they are not here. do you r
republicans thought the way to kill the healthcare reform was call it the obamacare. and how did that work out for them? >> i think it remains to be seen who is going to take the blame. because the white house really just started detailing exactly what the cuts would look like about a week ago so i feel like americans are just tuning in to what is this sequester thing, and what do the cuts mean to me. >> bill: but the only way to hit it off, right, is for congress to act. the...
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you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. >> broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on current tv this is "the bill press show". >> president obama tells congress hey we need to get busy and pass that yougration bill fast or i will send you my plan and make you vote on that. the battle's begun. great do see you today. it is wednesday, january 30th this is the "full-court press" coming to you on your talk radio station and, of course on current tv. good to see you today. thank you for joining the conversation. here, our morning town hall to bring you up to date on the news of the day from our nation's capitol where the senate judiciary committee has a hearing starting at 10:00 o'clock this morning, on both sides, on the issue of gun violence horrendous assign in syria with some 60 young
you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. >> broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on current tv this is "the bill press show". >> president obama tells congress hey we...
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you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. [♪ theme music ♪] >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation, on your radio, and on current tv this is the "bill press show." >> bill: president obama with a 60% approval rating now. highest of his entire four years and one month as president. what do you think? he is doing something right. american people finally realizing it. hello, hello, everybody, great to see you today and welcome to the "full court press" here on current tv. on your local progressive talk radio station coming to you live all across this great land of ours, and bringing you up to date on the news of the day whether it is happening here in our nation's capitol, around the globe or around this country. we'll look for your comments on @bpshow. and don't forget the chat room. you
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you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed. are you in good hands? rogaine? well, i'll admit it. i was skeptical at first. but after awhile even my girlfriend noticed a difference. [ male announcer ] rogaine is proven to help stop hair loss. and for 85% of guys, it regrew hair. save up to 42% now at rogaine.com. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. >> announcer: this is the "full court press." the "bill press show." live on your radio and on
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, do you believe make a mistake in delaying this implementation for big businesses to have to offer healthcare to their employees? >> i think you have to sort of define mistake. in a policy area, probably not. they are still trying to get this thing right and implementation is going to be key to the success or failure of obamacare over the long run. from a political perspective, it is a very good thing. democrats don't want to have implementation happening in all of the businesses, talking about how much it is going to cost them in the run up to the 2014 election. so let the election pass. deal with the most painful part of the implementation in 2015 and then hopefully in democrat's minds everything will be smoothed over by the time the 2016 election goes around. so actually, frankly from both a policy and a politics perspective, they probably made the right decision. >> bill: reid wilson, good to talk to you. get you back in studio one of these days. >> thank you bill. >> bill: editor-in-chief of the hotline. you can follow the hotline and reid wilson's good work at nationaljournal.com. >> an
, do you believe make a mistake in delaying this implementation for big businesses to have to offer healthcare to their employees? >> i think you have to sort of define mistake. in a policy area, probably not. they are still trying to get this thing right and implementation is going to be key to the success or failure of obamacare over the long run. from a political perspective, it is a very good thing. democrats don't want to have implementation happening in all of the businesses,...
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you're going to lay people off because now the government is going to help you fund your healthcare. really? i want to have those conversations, not to be confrontational, but to understand what the other side is saying, and i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. [ music ] >> chatting with you live at current.com/billpress. this is "the bill press show." live on your radio and current tv. >> here we go, 33 minutes after the hour. it is the full court press coming to you live on our nation's capitol february 6th and brought to you today by the national education association, the good men and women of the nea under president dennis van roekel creating graduate public schools for every student in america, you bet. find out more about that their good work at their website nea.org. well, you often, as we are often asked: how do you get enough stuff to fill three hours every morning? so we always tell people well we have our sources. we have our friends who do all of the scouring, all of the scouting for us and then we
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healthcare is a great thing. he loves it. ever since the supreme court decision, states have been in this limbo. do they expand medicaid or do they not because now, it is a choice. the federal government has been arguing look, for the first three, four years we pay 100% of the expansion. we finance it. after that we pay for 90% of it. this is a really good deal for you. you guys get to cover your sickest, low income population. they don't go into the emergency rooms which is very expensive. they get the care they need at the first point of contact. this is a great money saver. for a long time, particularly during the election when kasich served as a big, big sur gate for romney/ryan, he said no way. it is going to bankrupt the state. we'll have to pay all of this money. it is going to be government-run government-controlled. we don't want it. we want ohio solutions. yesterday, he released his budget, came to his senses and says this is going to help emergency rooms, this is going to help hospitals. it is going to increase the
healthcare is a great thing. he loves it. ever since the supreme court decision, states have been in this limbo. do they expand medicaid or do they not because now, it is a choice. the federal government has been arguing look, for the first three, four years we pay 100% of the expansion. we finance it. after that we pay for 90% of it. this is a really good deal for you. you guys get to cover your sickest, low income population. they don't go into the emergency rooms which is very expensive....
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president obama canceled a couple of trips two years ago for various reasons including the healthcare bill. and it's not just the african countries preparing for the visit. there have been advance teams in the countries in africa for weeks now. it would be very expensive proposition to pull the plug. i don't know how much choice he would have if events develop. >> bill: particularly, you know, do you think they might call it off before he leaves? in the next 24 hours? because again, the other alternative is he could get down there and get started then mandela die then what does he do? >> that's certainly true. if that would happen i doubt there's much he could do about that once he's in the country. in terms of doing anything ahead of time, i think they would wait until they made a decision to scrap the trip. if we don't hear anything out of south africa if the situation doesn't change, he'll leave as scheduled tomorrow morning. if something happens while he's in the continent they'll have to deal with it then. >> bill: yesterday the president -- final question, he had a meeting with
president obama canceled a couple of trips two years ago for various reasons including the healthcare bill. and it's not just the african countries preparing for the visit. there have been advance teams in the countries in africa for weeks now. it would be very expensive proposition to pull the plug. i don't know how much choice he would have if events develop. >> bill: particularly, you know, do you think they might call it off before he leaves? in the next 24 hours? because again, the...